artificial intelligence
Scalable Capital Rolls Out AI Agent Integration for Portfolio Analysis and Trading
- The neobroker's founder and Co-CEO acknowledges that users might hesitate before trusting ChatGPT with portfolio management.
- However, demand has been brewing, especially on the retail brokerage side, with MetaQuotes hitting 1 trillion tokens since its integration release.
Tuesday, 25/08/2026 | 06:32 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Getting to Know your (AI) Agent
- Without agentic trading legislation, lawyers, regulatory experts and brokers discuss a key question: who is liable if an agent misfires?
- Robinhood tells Finance Magnates that “customers are solely responsible for how the agents are built and any resulting actions the agents take.”
- It is, though, unlikely for regulation to shift the blame completely on the trader, with future "Know Your Agent" rules adding compliance costs for firms.
Monday, 17/08/2026 | 13:00 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Capital.com’s Prokopenya Wants To Remove the AI Vocabulary Tax
- A Stanford and MIT Sloan study shows that financial literacy and AI experience significantly improve outcomes when using AI for financial advice.
- "The question is now the gate, and a question is made of words a person either has or does not have," Viktor Prokopenya commented on LinkedIn.
Thursday, 13/08/2026 | 07:20 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Taming the Agent: Singapore Sets the Direction for AI Regulation
- MAS, together with a consortium of financial institutions and fintech companies, has launched an initiative to establish governance standards for the use of AI agents in financial services.
- The framework introduces the concept of real-time governance, monitoring and validating AI decisions at the point of execution.
Tuesday, 07/07/2026 | 12:18 GMT by
Sylwester Majewski
Your Next Toxic Flow Might Be Artificial
- As trading platforms open direct AI access, brokers face a new risk challenge: traders who never hesitate, never deviate, and exploit market conditions with machine-like consistency.
- Risk desks can no longer rely on traditional toxicity signals. The real threat may be accounts that look perfectly normal on their own but reveal coordinated, AI-driven patterns only when viewed across the entire book.
Monday, 22/06/2026 | 08:59 GMT by
Marina Koltsova
MahiMarkets Extends Agentic Pricing and Risk Engine to Dubai Brokers
- The London-based technology firm says its specialist-agent system will serve multi-asset brokers and prop firms across the Gulf.
- The expansion follows a DIFC plan to turn Dubai into the world's first AI-native financial center.
Tuesday, 16/06/2026 | 07:07 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Exclusive: ThinkMarkets Launches MCP Server; “AI Can Execute Trades, but Not Access Funds”
- “Traders can now connect any AI LLM of their choice” with ThinkTrader, Nauman Anees, CEO of ThinkMarkets, explained. It has joined the trend early, as only a handful of industry players offer MCP access.
- “You have full control over which order types are scoped within your AI platform,” he explained on the control of traders over the access of AI to their accounts.
Monday, 01/06/2026 | 06:00 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Spotware Opens cTrader to AI Agents as MCP Wave Catches Up With Retail Trading
- Two new Model Context Protocol servers let AI tools place trades, manage positions and control charts in cTrader through natural-language prompts.
- The launch follows TraderEvolution's first-party MCP rollout in January, while competitors pursue different routes into agentic AI.
Thursday, 14/05/2026 | 12:50 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Acuity Trading Partners with WNSTN to Co-Integrate AI Chatbot for Brokers
- The market intelligence provider co-integrates with WNSTN's conversational AI a day after backing MarketReader.
- The tie-up pushes Acuity further into the race to bundle signals, chat and compliance tools for brokers.
Wednesday, 13/05/2026 | 06:08 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Phoenix Group Bets on Lyon to Anchor $8 Billion AI Push as BTC Mining Slump Deepens
- The Abu Dhabi-listed operator's deal with French developer DC Max opens access to a pipeline targeting more than one gigawatt of capacity
- Construction in Lyon begins in July, with delivery scheduled between late 2027 and early 2028.
Wednesday, 13/05/2026 | 04:00 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
Acuity Trading Backs MarketReader as the Race for All-in-One AI Tech Heats Up
- The growth investment brings real-time market attribution to Acuity's intelligence toolkit.
- AI is boosting trading data, but better investor decisions are far from guaranteed.
Tuesday, 12/05/2026 | 07:49 GMT by
Adonis Adoni
Everyone Talks About AI’s Power. Few Ask What It Does to Financial Decisions
- AI is already reshaping trading, but the real debate, highlighted at the House of Lords, is whether it improves decisions or just speeds them up under uncertainty.
- As AI moves from execution to judgment, the real risk is misuse: it can guide better choices—or push harmful behaviour, depending on governance and intent.
Monday, 04/05/2026 | 07:00 GMT by
Rupert Osborne
The AI RegTech Trap: Why Smart Tools Fail Unprepared Firms
- AI is transforming RegTech, but only firms that build explainability and security in from the start — not as afterthoughts — will survive regulatory scrutiny.
- The RegTech nirvana of instant, auditable, no-code compliance tools is within reach — but getting there demands transparency and security as core design principles.
Tuesday, 21/04/2026 | 06:20 GMT by
Avner Yoffe
IG Group Joins ActivTrades and Trade Nation Turning to AI as FCA Rules Tighten
- The UK broker reports 87% on-time approval rate in the initial weeks after rolling out Adclear's technology.
- The move follows IG's recent crypto license win as FCA prepares to tighten cryptoasset promotion rules later this year.
Wednesday, 04/02/2026 | 08:04 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
AI Takes Center Stage in Brokers’ Layoff Narratives
- The CEOs of Tradu and eToro cited the use of AI behind recent mass layoffs.
- Other brokers have also acknowledged the use and impact of AI, but job cuts on that scale have not yet occurred at those firms.
Wednesday, 14/01/2026 | 14:45 GMT by
Arnab Shome
Ford Pulls Back from EV Race, Bets Big on Data Center Energy Storage
- Ford is scaling back its EV ambitions, canceling large electric models.
- The automaker plans to convert EV battery plants into energy-storage manufacturing hubs.
- Hybrid and extended-range powertrains will now complement smaller, lower-cost EVs.
Wednesday, 17/12/2025 | 07:59 GMT by
Louis Parks
Broadcom Shares Slip as AI Hype Meets Reality
- Investors expected more from Broadcom’s AI story and let the company know it.
- A misunderstood CEO comment turned confusion into a sell-off.
- Strong revenue was not enough to calm nerves about future AI growth.
Friday, 12/12/2025 | 07:36 GMT by
Louis Parks
A Tale of Two Bubbles: AI in 2026 vs. Dot-com in 2000
- AI's bubble vs. dot-com's: stronger finances, but faces challenges in scale and essential value.
Thursday, 11/12/2025 | 06:53 GMT by
FM
Apple’s Leadership Shake-Up: Key Execs and Engineers Exit
- Apple's largest exodus in years sees execs in AI, design, legal, and operations leaving.
- The departures appear strategic. Is Apple repositioning around AI and related hardware?
- Will we see a bolder, riskier Apple with less stability, more experimentation?
Monday, 08/12/2025 | 10:23 GMT by
Louis Parks
Meta Retreats from Metaverse with Major Cuts and A Pivot to AI
- Meta is discussing metaverse budget cuts of up to 30 percent, not yet confirmed.
- Reality Labs has accumulated more than 70 billion dollars in losses since 2021.
- The company is weighing a shift toward AI and wearable tech.
Friday, 05/12/2025 | 07:39 GMT by
Louis Parks
Rules Stay the Same: So Why Is AI So Hard to Watch?
- The advent of AI does not change supervisory obligations, it simply changes what must be supervised and how.
- Studies show AI models can hallucinate at rates approaching 60%, and their reasoning often remains opaque. This leads to the central supervisory question every firm must confront.
Thursday, 04/12/2025 | 07:21 GMT by
Aydin Bonabi
“AI Will Reshape Investing,” Says Edge Hound CEO – And Investors Who Ignore the Trend May Soon Be Left Behind
- Peter Pavlov explains to FinanceMagnates.com that AI is changing markets “at a depth that no human alone can process.”
- The new tool currently provides stock-market insights, but the company expects to expand into crypto and FX by Q2 2026.
Friday, 28/11/2025 | 08:32 GMT by
Damian Chmiel
OpenAI Steals Apple’s AI Thunder
- OpenAI acquires hardware startup and hires over 40 former Apple engineers in a month.
- Apple is reportedly negotiating a deal to power Siri with Google’s Gemini model.
- The tech giant may soon look more like the target than the leader.
Monday, 24/11/2025 | 09:48 GMT by
Louis Parks
Nvidia’s Q3 Bombshell: Vast Revenue, Stock Up, AI Safe
- Nvidia smashed Q3 with $57 B revenue, sending shares up around 5%.
- Data-center division hit $51.2 B, Q4 guidance is $65 B, proof the AI build-out is real.
- CEO Huang on bubble concerns: “From our vantage point, we see something very different.”
Thursday, 20/11/2025 | 08:04 GMT by
Louis Parks
Nvidia’s Earnings: Can It Blow the AI Bubble Back Up?
- Nvidia’s earnings could act as the switch for another AI‐hype wave, if numbers impress.
- The AI sector is flashing caution signs, massive investment, unclear returns.
- If Nvidia stumbles or moderates guidance, the “AI bubble” may deflate, fast.
Monday, 17/11/2025 | 08:10 GMT by
Louis Parks
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